Roquefort Cheese Log Recipes

ROQUEFORT CHEESE LOG

Steps:

• 1. Bring cheeses to room temperature. In a small mixer bowl, combine cheeses, heavy cream, onion and hot pepper sauce. At medium speed, beat until well blended. Cover and chill for 3 hours or overnight.2. Shape into a log or ball, using wet hands for final shaping. Roll in nuts. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate up to 2 weeks. Remove from refrigerator about 30 minutes before serving.

ROQUEFORT CHEESE BALLS

Steps:

• Crush the cheese in a bowl with 4 tablespoons of the butter and work it into a smooth paste. Beat in the chives, celery, seasonings and Cognac. If mixture is very stiff, beat in more butter by fractions. Check seasoning carefully, adding salt if necessary (probably not). Using two teaspoons, shape into quenelles or roll into balls around 1/2 inch in diameter.
• Toss breadcrumbs and parsley in a wide shallow bowl. Roll the cheese balls in the mixture so they are well covered. Chill. Serve as is or pierced with a toothpick.

ROQUEFORT CHEESE DRESSING

Steps:

• Place 1/2 c of the cheese in a food processor. Add the mayonnaise, sour cream, olive oil, vinegar, milk, brandy and cayenne. Pulse 5 or 6 times just to blend. Scrape mixture into a bowl and fold in the remaining cheese crumbles. Refrigerate any leftovers. It can be stored in the refrigerator for 1 week.

STEAK ROQUEFORT

Steps:

• Season filets with pepper to taste.
• Cut the cheese in small chunklets.
• Fry the steaks on high heat in the butter, (the way they were intended to be fried before cholesterol was invented); about 5 minutes per side for medium-rare, depending on the thickness.
• Heat the cream in a small saucepan on medium-high heat.
• Add the cheese as soon as the cream nears boiling and keep stirring in on medium-high heat; The sauce has to cook for about 5 minutes to reduce nicely; You should end up with a sauce with the consistency of very thick cream.
• Add chopped parsley for color.
• Put the steaks on plates and add a very generous ladlefull of sauce over the steaks- Eat- Bliss.

ROQUEFORT CHEESE LOG

Steps:

• Bring cheeses to room temperature. In a small mixer bowl, combine cheeses, half-and-half, onion and hot pepper sauce. At medium speed, beat until well blended. Cover and chill for 3 hours or overnight.Shape into a log or ball, using wet hands for final shaping. Roll in nuts.Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate up to 2 weeks. Remove from refrigerator about 30 minutes before serving. Good with wheat crackers and fruit.

BOBBY FLAY'S CHICKEN WITH ROQUEFORT

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Put honey in a small saucepan and cook over medium-low heat until lightly golden brown, about 5 minutes. Add vinegar and cook until reduced and thickened, about 15 minutes. This sweet deglazed sauce is called a gastrique. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Keep warm.
• Mix together the butter and blue cheese in a small bowl until well blended, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Using your fingers, gently loosen the skin from the chicken breasts and stuff about 1 heaping tablespoon of the blue cheese butter under the skin of each breast, smoothing the skin to evenly distribute the butter over the surface of the breast meat. Season both sides of the chicken with salt and pepper.
• Heat oil in large ovenproof sauté pan over medium heat until it begins to shimmer. Put chicken in the pan, skin-side down, and cook until fat renders and skin is golden brown and crispy, about 5 minutes. Turn chicken and add four rosemary sprigs to pan. Place in oven and roast until breasts are just cooked through, about 5 minutes longer. Remove pan from oven and heat broiler. Spread the remaining butter over the tops of each breast and place under the broiler until golden brown and blistered.
• Remove each breast to a plate, spoon some of the pan drippings over each breast and immediately drizzle with some of the gastrique. Garnish with rosemary.